Integration through activation? : Unfolding paradox for mobilizing will to self-help

This paper addresses the question of how the activating welfare state carries out the paradoxical agenda of “help for self-help” in practice. Applying Niklas Luhmann’s concept of “inclusion” to local strategies of activating, i.e. “integrating” migrants in Munich, Germany, I articulate the following...

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Main Author: Tomoko Watarai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Stavanger 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Comparative Social Work
Online Access:http://journal.uia.no/index.php/JCSW/article/view/251